Nicola Sturgeon's push for Scottish independence is 'ALL OVER THE PLACE', blasts minister

Nicola Sturgeon's push for Scottish independence is 'ALL OVER THE PLACE', blasts minister

NICOLA Sturgeon’s obsession with Scottish independence has been criticised by opposition parties, with one senior minister claiming her plans to take Scotland out of the United Kingdom are "all over the place".

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She added: "The EU is very important, of course it is, and I campaigned very hard for a Remain vote.

"But you cannot argue, as Nicola Sturgeon often does, that Scotland's relationship with Europe is more important than its relationship with the rest of the United Kingdom - not on any measure is that the case, not least when it comes to the economy."

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“That means ruling out another referendum to give Scottish business the certainty it needs.”

The stinging comments come after the Scottish leader promised to take a proposed second independence referendum off the table if the British Government deliver a soft Brexit that kept Scotland in the single market.

Sturgeon has repeatedly pushed for a second referendum in the months following Britain’s historic decision to leave the EU, despite a recent opinion poll which found just over 61 per cent of Scots were opposed to an early independence vote.

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She now appears to have rowed back on her original pledge, saying plans for a new independence vote could be put on hold, within the timescale of Brexit, if Scotland remained in the single market - either as part of the UK or as a separate power.

Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme, Sturgeon said her message to Prime Minister Theresa May was “don’t disregard Scotland because it is not acceptable to do so”.

“How you respond to the sensible, compromise consensus proposals that the Scottish Government has put forward will tell us much, possibly everything we need to know, about whether Scotland really is an equal partner or whether that is just rhetoric.”

Responding to claims the Westminster view was that the First Minister was bluffing about another referendum and she was unlikely to win a second independence vote, Sturgeon said: “They will be making a big mistake if they think that I am in any way bluffing.”